Links of Interest

BUSINESS OF PUBLISHING: Why a writer should have professional goals and how to formulate them.

http://www.genreality.net/what-do-you-want-to-be

AGENTS: Agent Jenny Rappaport is closing her agency at the end of December because of the economy.

http://litsoup.blogspot.com/2009/12/closing-agency.html

AUDIO "PUBLISHER" WARNING: Hudson Audio Publishing appears to be the newest scam to hit writer. (I've already received spam from them.)

http://accrispin.blogspot.com/2009/12/hudson-audio-publishing.html

BUSINESS OF PUBLISHING: Contract Negotiation, Part 2.

http://kriswrites.com/2009/12/10/freelancers-survival-guide-negotiation-part-two/

CRAFT: Why a character does something. Creating backstory to make the story more believable.

http://www.suvudu.com/2009/12/the-writing-life---why.html

BUSINESS OF PUBLISHING: The big advance versus better royalties.

http://bookendslitagency.blogspot.com/2009/12/negotiating-your-advance.html

AGENTS: Do you need an agent who handles multiple genres when you write them.

http://bookendslitagency.blogspot.com/2009/12/agents-for-multiple-genres.html

CONTRACTS: Foreign rights.

http://www.genreality.net/foreign-rights-otherwise-known-as-selling-your-novel-more-than-once

BUSINESS OF PUBLISHING: Things not to do when sending a query to an editor or agent.

http://behlerblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/15/psst-wanna-make-an-editor-implode/

CRAFT: The small things you need to do during an edit.

http://bloodredpencil.blogspot.com/2009/12/self-editing-one-step-at-time-searching.html

EDITOR INTERVIEW: Karen Ball, Executive Editor of Pure Enjoyment fiction at B&H Publishing Group which is a Christian publisher.

http://www.ninc.com/blog/index.php/archives/meet-editor-karen-ball